If you’re like me, you probably didn’t realize that the term ‘culture’ originally came from gardening. It was the philosopher Cicero who, over two millenia ago, described what he called the cultura animi- or in English, the cultivation of the soul. Nature-Nurture The age-old debate about nature-nurture immediately comes to mind. It’s been said that nurture is the soil to nature’s seed Culture, then, is one of the ways by which a society nurtures individuals into becoming who they’re supposed to be. Want to know what kind of person you’re ‘supposed’ to be in a given society? It’s simple… Just … Read more »
